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Kiribati votes in key election after years of turbulence

Pacific island nation is strategically important, but voters also have economic concerns.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2024

Kiribati's Pro-China Government Faces Election Test

Pacific nation Kiribati will begin voting in a general election this week, a poll that will test the strengthening ties between China and the government of the climate-threatened archipelago.

International Business Times · Aug 12, 2024

Australians frozen out of Kiribati as China eyes prize

A string of visa issues and access roadblocks for diplomats and journalists have raised questions about Australia's influence in the Pacific nation of Kiribati.

AAP · Jul 5, 2024

Kiribati controversy as attorney general becomes acting chief justice

Tetiro Semilota appointed from within ranks of government that fired country’s most senior judge, another from high court and whole court of appeal

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2022

Kiribati suspends appeals court judges as constitutional crisis worsens

The Kiribati government has suspended three retired New Zealand judges sitting on its court of appeal, a New Zealand official said on Tuesday, worsening a constitutional crisis that has plagued the Pacific nation for months.

Reuters · Sep 6, 2022

Kiribati left without high-level court after president suspends three appeal judges

The decision worsens the constitutional crisis plaguing the Pacific country, which also suspended a high court judge last month

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2022

Kiribati suspends all Court of Appeal judges after row over attempts to deport High Court justice David Lambourne to Australia

The decision effectively leaves the Pacific Island nation without any functioning high-level courts, deepening its legal and constitutional crisis.

ABC News · Sep 5, 2022

Kiribati government's attempts to deport High Court justice David Lambourne to Australia found to be invalid and quashed

Justice David Lambourne was suspended from his position over alleged misconduct in May and earlier this month the government of Kiribati twice tried to deport him, but an appeals court has found the move to be "invalid".

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

Court lashes Kiribati government over treatment of Australian-born judge

Kiribati’s court of appeal said government’s latest bid to deport high court justice David Lambourne on national security grounds was ‘far-fetched’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2022

Bid to deport Australian judge quashed

An Australian-born high court judge in Kiribati has won an appeal to stop his deportation from the Pacific island nation.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022